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Posted by fagnerbrack 10 hours ago

DeepSeek peak/off-peak pricing update(api-docs.deepseek.com)
214 points | 113 commentspage 3
alexthedigger 6 hours ago||
Now if there could be a bot that defers queries until when it’s cheap…
Sha1rholder 1 hour ago||
"half-priced batch API" kind of thing has been around for a long time.
skeledrew 6 hours ago||
Wouldn't be hard to whip up...
butlike 4 hours ago||
The whipping's the easy part. It's the plating and serving that takes time
floppyd 9 hours ago||
Full table with multipliers from previous prices:

DeepSeek-V4-Flash (off-peak, x2 for peak)

* Cache Hit $0.007 (x2.5)

* Cache Miss $0.22 (x1.5)

* Output $0.66 (x2.25)

DeepSeek-V4-Pro (off-peak, x2 for peak)

* Cache Hit $0.022 (x6)

* Cache Miss $0.66 (x1.5)

* Output $1.98 (x2.25)

Peak Hours: 01:00–04:00 and 06:00–10:00 UTC

Effective from: 16:00, August 16, 2026 (UTC)

spuz 9 hours ago|
I wonder whether all the DeepSeek providers will follow suit or are they going to try to stay competitive with the old prices?
trollbridge 8 hours ago|||
DeepSeek’s cache pricing was always 1/10th the competition.

It’s still cheaper than everybody else.

k__ 8 hours ago|||
I didn't get the impression that anyone competed with the old prices before.
spuz 8 hours ago||
What do you mean? Most providers on OpenRouter offer the same or lower prices than DeepSeek themselves:

https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash#providers

megapoliss 8 hours ago||
- lower prices on cache miss

- but what matter - is cache hit

even now deepseek's off-peak hours for cache hit (0.007) is lower than other providers (~0.01)

k__ 6 hours ago||
Yeah, None of them offers the same cache hit prices and my cache hits are >95%.
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